News
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Recently Released: SRDC 2023 Annual Report
The 2023 Annual Report from the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) focuses attention on the important work of "Empowering Partnerships for Community Development."
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SRDC Repository: Recent Readership Snapshot
In 2023, the Southern Rural Development Center partnered with the Mississippi State University Libraries System, through Scholar’s Junction to host an archival system. Through this site, viewers can locate, download, and share annual reports and articles from the SRDC Special Topics Series. The system also includes a dashboard that tracks views and downloads of the posted content.
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USDA ERS Releases Updated Rural-Urban Continuum Codes for U.S. Counties
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) recently released the updated Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUUCs) for U.S. counties and county equivalents across states and territories. Originally developed in the 1970s, the RUCCs are updated each decade following the Decennial Census. These codes are widely used for conducting research, planning programs, and informing policy.
